Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Division's apocalyptic New York City is insanely realistic

The Division, Ubisoft's newest game, takes place in a near-future New York City that is in the middle of coping with a viral outbreak. You play as an covert government agent who has been activated to help beat back the vigilante factions that have taken control of Manhattan amidst the chaos of the contagion killing countless people.

After spending a couple of hours running around Ubisoft's version of Manhattan, it's clear the developers painstakingly recreated a rather large swath of the city. Though the city wasn't designed at a one-for-one scale, the scope and detail put into the game would make any New Yorker feel eerily at home Read more...